PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wilhelm Wundt, Behaviorism, Sigmund Freud
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Psychology: the science of mental processes and behavior. Control: ask question, do background research, construct hypothesis, test with an experiment, analyze results & draw conclusion, hypothesis true or false, if false, make new hypothesis, report results. Theory: a system of ideas that is used to describe, predict, explain, and control mental processes & behavior from a certain point of view. Hypothesis: a specific assertion or prediction that can be tested: theories answer the (cid:498)why(cid:499) question, theories guide your interpretation of what facts mean, theories determine what kinds of questions we ask (what types of facts we collect) Building blocks of consciousness: sensation & feelings. Why do people feel/behave as they do. Whole is more than the sum of its parts. Perceptual laws (how do we put things together with our brain) Internal mental processes (have our own thoughts, not just outside forces) How we function biologically: nerve cells, skeletal structure, genetics and.